YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Fiction v Reality of Law Enforcement
Essays 271 - 300
definition of excessive force is, "the use of any more force than a highly skilled officer should find necessary to use in that pa...
job" (Brewer and Wilson, 1995, p. 189). Members of the community feel betrayed when those they look to for protection are, themse...
tights, underpants and shoes were in a rolled-up heap about ten or fifteen feet away.2 She was naked from the waist down, with her...
American nationalism is an ideology which has shaped the face of the world as we see it today. The United States itself first pro...
voice, it can be present in attitude, or behavior and no matter its vehicle, it is painful to those on the receiving end....
Court decision Miranda v. Arizona, which imposed carefully define limits on how far police interrogations could go. According to ...
is occasionally not as effective in fulfilling its role to society and its citizens as it should be. There can be little doubt t...
the treatment received. The work examines, as would be imagined, both the United States and Britain. According to one review of...
money legally from licensing fees and taxes on hotels, bars, and restaurants ("Sex industry," 1998). There is a feminist advocac...
contributing to delinquent behavior it may be nearly impossible to formulate an appropriate and meaningful intervention or treatme...
killing spree along the I-5 section of interstate. His story seems to typify that of several other serial killers, Ted Bundy, for ...
foot are able to mingle with the crowd, maintain order and keep a much closer eye upon the goings-on than any car patrol ever coul...
consequences of their involvement were far reaching. Not only did womens prisons improve but new jobs were created form women. T...
were being ordered to advance through the most difficult terrain and the least traveled terrain in Canada. "The horses suffered so...
et al 1997, 642). A much more dramatic impact followed the beating of Rodney King, with ninety-four percent of whites, eighty-nin...
techniques used by some of those in law enforcement can still exact a confession from a completely innocent person, but it is now ...
it mandatory for video and audio recorders to be in the interrogation rooms. This would aid in preventing excessive coercive pract...
they have witnessed. It sometimes takes a long time for the psychological aspects to come out after these traumatic events, but i...
country on a regular basis, the good news is that many concerned people are trying very hard to fix the system. And, it is throug...
one is afraid to get caught? And what of rationality - is that not merely a reflection of ones own self-interest? It is importan...
however, an easy demonstration to make. Indeed, drugs in our schools have resulted in the formation of its own subculture and tha...
at sporting events and just generally ensuring that there are no tie-ups in the smooth running of anything in the public areas. T...
public reprisal. What happens is that when a suspect is unfortunately shot in the course of illegal activity, the officer is scrut...
homeland security and especially the Patriot Act, it may well be that the law enforcement agencies of the nation are infringing on...
a DNA test reveals that Mr. Smith, who is later proven innocent of the crime hes being investigated for, is the father of Mrs. Bro...
(Ghilarducci and Guerin, 1999). SEMS incorporates the following: the "Incident Command System," which is the "field level" respo...
resulted in a much needed tightening up of standard law enforcement procedure particularly when it comes to arrest and interrogati...
this case reveals how X26 Tasers are being implicated in deaths attributed to excited delirium. Is this implication justified? F...
While the region was relatively rural and it ultimately existed on the outskirts of the county, with many dirt roads and limited a...
seem to fall into this category. That is, we depend on police and fire personnel for our safety, sometimes our very lives, and we ...